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Talking about Teaching Series

This fall, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (SITE) will host conversations with experts about teaching topics that are top-of-mind for instructors and academic administrators. Each session will include introductory remarks, questions from the moderator for guests, and additional questions from attendees, but specific formats may vary.

All events will be held in Zoom. Registration will close one hour before each event starts, at which time registrants will receive a Zoom link.

Click the registration links below or visit the SITE Events page. Email questions to site@psu.edu.

Talking about Teaching after the Election

Faculty from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will talk with participants about their questions or concerns about teaching after the election.
Moderator: Angela Linse, Assoc. Dean & Executive Director, SITE.

Wednesday, November 6, 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Register

Talking about the SEEQs

Bring your questions about Penn State's Student Educational Experience Questionnaire (SEEQ) which is administered during Weeks 13 & 14 of the semester.

Guest: Denise Haunani Solomon, Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Co-chair, Student Feedback Subcommittee of the Joint Implementation Taskforce for the Faculty Senate's Teaching Assessment Framework
Moderator: Angela Linse, Assoc. Dean & Executive Director, SITE.

Wednesday, 11/13/2024, 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Register

Talking about Artificial Intelligence

In this session of the Talking about Teaching Series, Crystal Ramsay, Senior Director of Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology and Larkin Hood, Associate Director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will discuss current information on using Generative AI at Penn State. They will share resources to support faculty colleagues teaching in an era of rapidly evolving Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools (such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT), and address questions and concerns from participants.

Guests: Crystal Ramsay, Senior Director of Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology.
Moderator: Larkin Hood, Assoc. Research Professor & Assoc. Director, SITE.

Wednesday, 11/20/2024, 12:20 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Register

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